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Alphavirus Pathogenesis and Immunity

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The Togaviridae and Flaviviridae

Part of the book series: The Viruses ((VIRS))

Abstract

Most alphavirus infections in nature occur in wild birds, rodents, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. Some of these natural hosts sustain a relatively asymptomatic, prolonged, high-titered viremia, facilitating transmission of the virus by mosquitoes (Chamberlain, 1980). Although there is undoubtedly mortality and morbidity in the wild due to alphavirus infections, many native species have inapparent infection, and epizootic, epidemic, or endemic disease is usually recognized after mosquito-mediated transmission to a domestic host (e.g., horses, pigeons, captive pheasants) or to man. Affected individuals develop a wide range of symptoms, including fever, skin rashes, arthritis, myositis, and/or encephalitis. Depending on the virus and on the host, the infection may be clinically inapparent or cause fulminant disease and death (Shope, 1980).

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